Samsung CLX-6200FX, CLX-6240FX Printing problems, Condition Possible Suggested Solutions Cause

Printing problems

CONDITION	POSSIBLE	SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS
	CAUSE
The machine	The machine is not	Check the power cord
does not print.	receiving power.	connections. Check the
		power switch and the power
		source.
	The machine is not	Select Samsung CLX-6200
	selected as the	Series or CLX-6240 Series
	default printer.	as your default printer in your
		Windows.

•Check the machine for the following:

•The front cover is not closed. Close the cover.

•Paper is jammed. Clear the paper jam. See page 73.

•No paper is loaded. Load paper. See page 36.

•The toner cartridge is not installed. Install the toner cartridge.

•If a system error occurs, contact your service representative.

	The connection	Disconnect the printer cable
	cable between the	and reconnect it.
	computer and the
	machine is not
	connected properly.
	The connection	If possible, attach the cable
	cable between the	to another computer that is
	computer and the	working properly and print a
	machine is	job. You can also try using a
	defective.	different printer cable.
	The port setting is	Check the Windows printer
	incorrect.	setting to make sure that the
		print job is sent to the correct
		port. If the computer has
		more than one port, make
		sure that the machine is
		attached to the correct one.
	The machine may	Check the printer properties
	be configured	to ensure that all of the print
	incorrectly.	settings are correct.
	The printer driver	Repair the printer software.
	may be incorrectly	See the Software section.
	installed.
	The machine is	Check the display message
	malfunctioning.	on the control panel to see if
		the machine is indicating a
		system error.
	The document size	Get more hard disk space
	is so big that the	and print the document
	hard disk space of	again.
	the computer is not
	enough to access
	the print job.
The machine	The paper source	For many software
selects print	selection in the	applications, the paper
materials from	printer properties	source selection is found
the wrong paper	may be incorrect.	under the Thin Paper tab
source.		within the printer properties.
		Select the correct paper
		source. See the printer driver
		help screen.

CONDITION	POSSIBLE	SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS
	CAUSE
A print job is	The job may be very	Reduce the complexity of the
extremely slow.	complex.	page or try adjusting the print
		quality settings.
Half the page is	The page orientation	Change the page orientation
blank.	setting may be	in your application. See the
	incorrect.	printer driver help screen.
	The paper size and	Ensure that the paper size in
	the paper size	the printer driver settings
	settings do not	matches the paper in the
	match.	tray.
		Or, ensure that the paper
		size in the printer driver
		settings matches the paper
		selection in the software
		application settings you use.
The machine	The printer cable is	Disconnect the printer cable
prints, but the	loose or defective.	and reconnect. Try a print job
text is wrong,		that you have already printed
garbled, or		successfully. If possible,
		attach the cable and the
incomplete.
		machine to another computer
		and try a print job that you
		know works. Finally, try a
		new printer cable.
	The wrong printer	Check the application’s
	driver was selected.	printer selection menu to
		ensure that your machine is
		selected.
	The software	Try printing a job from
	application is	another application.
	malfunctioning.
	The operating	Exit Windows and reboot the
	system is	computer. Turn the machine
	malfunctioning.	off and then back on again.
Pages print, but	The toner cartridge	Redistribute the toner, if
are blank.	is defective or out of	necessary. See page 65.
	toner.	If necessary, replace the
		toner cartridge.
	The file may have	Check the file to ensure that
	blank pages.	it does not contain blank
		pages.
	Some parts, such as	Contact a service
	the controller or the	representative.
	board, may be
	defective.
The printer does	Incompatibility	Printing the PDF file as an
not print PDF file	between the PDF	image may solve this
correctly. Some	file and the Acrobat	problem. Turn on Print As
parts of	products.	Image from the Acrobat
graphics, text, or		printing options.
illustrations are		It will take longer to
missing.		print when you print a
		PDF file as an image.
The print quality	The resolution of the	Reduce the photo size. If you
of photos is not	photo is very low.	increase the photo size in the
good. Images		software application, the
are not clear.		resolution will be reduced.

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